Ernst August Wilhelm Himly

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Ernst August Wilhelm Himly (born December 14, 1800 in Braunschweig , † February 16, 1881 in Göttingen ) was a professor of medicine at the University of Göttingen.

Life

Himly was born the son of the ophthalmologist Karl Gustav Himly (1772–1837) and was the older brother of the chemist August Friedrich Karl Himly (1811–1885). He attended high schools in Holzminden and Göttingen.

From November 1813, Himly studied medicine at the Georg-August University in Göttingen ; his father was the university's prorector at the time. Himly obtained his doctorate there in 1823 . After scientific journeys that took him through Germany and for almost a year to France , he also studied in the anatomical collections in London , Edinburgh , Dublin and finally returned to Göttingen through the Netherlands . In Paris he mainly heard clinical lectures by René Laënnec and Guillaume Dupuytren and physiological experiments by François Magendie . After his return he completed his habilitation in Göttingen in 1825 for physiology , comparative anatomy and forensic medicine . Until he was appointed associate professor in 1832, he worked as a private lecturer. In addition to medical publications and the posthumous publication of his father's textbook, he also translated travel reports from English. He died on February 16, 1881 in Göttingen.

Teaching

His public lectures focused on comparative anatomy, the physiology of respiratory tools, the physiology of humans and animals, and forensic medicine. One of his students was Matthias Jacob Schleiden .

Awards

  • Academic Prize for Medicine of the University of Göttingen 1823

Fonts

  • Commentatio de cachexiis et cacochymiis. Dissertation, Göttingen 1823.
  • Remarks on the nature of colliquative diarrhea. In addition to the illustration of Cloquet's scissors that are generally recommended for bowel resections. In: Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland (Hrsg.): Journal of practical medicine. 63/4., Berlin, October 1826, pp. 99-109.
  • Contributions to anatomy and physiology. 2 deliveries, Hanover 1829–1831.
  • Introduction to human physiology. Goettingen 1835.
  • Karl Gustav Himly: The diseases and deformities of the human eye and their healing. According to the papers left behind, published and with additions by EAW Himly. Berlin 1843.
  • Charles Tilt: The boat and the caravan: A family trip through Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. After the 5th edition for instruction and entertainment, translated from English and annotated by EAW Himly. Schlicke, Leipzig 1868.
  • Robert Fortune : Three-year migrations in the northern provinces of China. Translated from English by EAW Himly after the 2nd edition. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1853.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adolph Carl Peter Callisen: Medicinisches Writer Lexicon of the now living physicians, surgeons, obstetricians, pharmacists and naturalists of all educated peoples. Volume 8: Ha-Hir. Copenhagen 1831, column 520 f.
  2. ↑ Götz von Selle (ed.): The register of the Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen. Volume 1: 1734–1837 (Publications of the Historical Commission for Hanover, Oldenburg, Braunschweig, Schaumburg-Lippe and Bremen 9: Matriculations of Lower Saxony Universities, Section 3), Hildesheim / Leipzig 1937, p. 530, no. 23900
  3. ↑ a b Conversations lexicon of the latest time and literature in four volumes. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus Verlag, Leipzig 1833, p. 45 f.
  4. ↑ Ilse Jahn, Isolde Schmidt: Matthias Jacob Schleiden (1804-1881): his life in self-testimonies. German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (Acta Historica Leopoldina Volume 44), 2005, ISBN 3-8047-2258-X .
  5. ↑ Göttingen scholarly advertisements under the supervision of the Royal Society of Sciences of June 28, 1823. Volume 2, column 1010.
personal data
SURNAME Himly, Ernst August Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1881
Place of death Goettingen